YOASOBI - アイドル (Idol) (English translation #7)

YOASOBI – アイドル

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Idol

Your unbeatable smile wrecks the media

We wanna know your secret, so mysterious

Even when she's clumsy, she's flawless

She's a perfect liar

Our wonderful Idol!

What did you eat today?

What's your favorite book?

Where do you like to go when you are free?

I didn't eat anything

That's a secret

No matter what you ask

She avoids everything

So carefree

But so sparkling

Her almost visible secrets tastes sweet of honey

I won't answer that, no, no

This neither, no, no

What kind of guy do you like?

Do you have a boyfriend?

Come on, answer us!

"I don't know what it's like to love someone"

No one knows if this is the truth or a lie

Hearing those words, another one falls for her

Again she makes another one in love

She draws everyone's glances to her

You're an exceptionally perfect Idol

There will never be another

The reincarnation of the first star of the evening

With that smile, and an I love you

She traps everyone and everything

With those eyes, and those words

Even if a lie, it's a perfect love!1

Yes, yes, we know she's special

We've always been just the extras

We're just the B-actors to support the star

And it's all thanks to her? Don't give me that!

Bullshit!

How can we not be jealous?

This is no joke!

I won't admit it!

I won't admit that you're not perfect!

I won't admit that I'm...

I won't accept it if you're not the best!

Everybody loves and worships her

She is the most powerful and unbeatable Idol

With no weak spots

She resides inside her the first star of the evening

Never show your weaknesses!

Don't show anything they don't want to see!

You gotta be the one and the best!

That's the real Ai!2

My exceptional smile fires up the media

This secret will be kept locked away

My career was built on lies

This is my own way of loving

Even dripping sweat, so beautiful Aqua

These eyelids that hides Ruby

Singing and dancing, I'm Maria

Yes, lies is the best kind of love!

To be loved by someone or to love someone

Are things I've never done

And so I hope that one day my lies

Come true

One day I'll have it all!

I'm such an ambitious Idol

I wanna love

Everybody properly

And today too, I'll lie

Wishing these words would one day come true

But so far

There's something I've still yet to tell you both

Ah, I finally got to say it

At last a truth

I love you

1. It can also be read as the real Ai. For "Ai" means love but is also the idol's name
2. It can also be read as the perfect love. For "Ai" is the idol's name but also means love

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Submitted by

Tsujita on 2023-05-09

Subtitles created by

Natalia Arlovskaya on Fri, 07/02/2025 - 19:47

Author's comments:

In addition to being made for the anime Oshi no Ko, this song was also inspired by the short novel 45510 (In Japanese). 45510 is the password for Ai's cell phone (See ep. 3) and B Komachi's blog.
The novel is told 16 years after the events of ep. 1, from the point of view one of the former members of the old B Komachi, but we don't know who exactly.
The story begins with the main character finding a video where Ai answers questions from fans. The main character points out Ai's lies and remembers what her life was like back then.
She recalls how she hated Ai. Ai had favoritism from management and was objectively better than her as an Idol, so she was very jealous of Ai.
But at the same time, she loved her as a fan. More than anyone she admired and believed that Ai was the perfect Idol.
In the end she finds, in a blog they had when they were not famous, a message left by Ai for her and the other members of the group. Ai recognizes that she had spoiled the friendship of the group. She apologizes for this and says that whenever possible, she would like to reconcile with everyone.
Before she finishes reading the whole text, the main character deletes the message. She did not want to see an Ai who was not perfect.

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